Archive - Sarahliz’s Newsletter

The Things that Novels Can't Tell You

Lately my mental health has felt a bit like I built my well-being out of straw and then a wolf with, really, surprisingly good breath control came along…

Apr 3, 2024

February 2024

One more piece of horror in the news

Over the past week I have been watching the coverage of Nex Benedict's death in Oklahoma with a heart full of grief and terror.

Feb 26, 2024

January 2024

January 1, 2024

The Earth revolves around the sun, spinning. The clock ticks. Time marches on. Relentlessly. It’s a new month in a new year. And a Monday to boot. I

Jan 2, 2024

December 2023

Now that I am writing again I am starting to think about my goals and my motivations.

Dec 3, 2023

November 2023

What Future Am I Planning For?

During a conversation with my son a few months ago about the differences between grasshoppers and praying mantises my husband described the plot of A…

Nov 17, 2023

Crushing Monotony

Some time back I encountered a thread about Hans Christian Anderson’s rather complicated personal life that described him as “just a general train wreck…

Nov 15, 2023

Magical Thinking

Last night I finished reading Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions For You. It’s set in a high school boarding school with scenes moving between 1995…

Nov 7, 2023

Solvable on paper

Two years ago I posted on Facebook about how much I still missed livejournal, even all these years later.

Nov 4, 2023

April 2023

October 2022

It's the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel ...

Actually, I’m not sure how I feel. Fine definitely isn’t it. Exhausted? Worried? Complacent?

Oct 5, 2022

July 2022

Today is Thursday.

Jul 1, 2022

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